Zongolica
Zongolica | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Zongolica Location in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°WCoordinates: 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Veracruz |
Government | |
• Mayor | Eliseo R. Macuixtle |
Area | |
• Total | 347.33 km2 (134.10 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 26,251 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Zongolica is a municipality located in the south zone in the State of Veracruz, about 100 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 63.34 km2. It is located at 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°W. The name comes from Nahuatl Tzontli-coliuhqui 'crafty hair'.
The municipality of Zongolica is bordered to the north by Tequila and , to the east by Tezonapa, to the south by Puebla State and to the west by Los Reyes.[1] It produces principally maize, orange fruit coffee and mango. The climate is cold-humid, with an average temperature of 17.4 °C, with rains in summer and autumn.
Every October, a festival is held to celebrate San Francisco de Asís, patron of the town, and in December there is a festival in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Zongolica is home to the Ixcohuapa people, who are known for cooking and consuming larvae of Arsenura armida.
Climate[]
hideClimate data for Zongolica | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
21 (70) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 86 (3.4) |
64 (2.5) |
61 (2.4) |
94 (3.7) |
150 (6) |
440 (17.2) |
530 (20.8) |
440 (17.4) |
430 (16.8) |
250 (9.9) |
130 (5.3) |
94 (3.7) |
2,770 (109.1) |
Source: Weatherbase [2] |
Fauna[]
Zongolica catfish Rhamdia zongolicensis is named after Zongolica[3] and only known from a single cave in the Sierra de Zongolica.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Zongolica" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zongolica, Veracruz". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
- ^ Romero, Aldemaro; Paulson, Kelly M. (2001). "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 13–41. doi:10.1023/A:1011844404235.
- ^ Wilkens, Horst (2001). "Convergent adaptations to cave life in the Rhamdia laticauda catfish group (Pimelodidae, Teleostei)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 251–261. doi:10.1023/A:1011897805681.
External links[]
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official webpage
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information
- Municipalities of Veracruz
- Nahua settlements